Attachment for box-beds.



I PATENTED JULY 14 J. T. WOOD. ATTACHMENT FOR BOX BEDS.

APPLIUATION FILED DBO. 24, 1907.

- INVENTOR W1 TNESSES JOHN T. WOOD, OF PHILLIPSBURG, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR BOX-BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed December 24, 1907. Serial No. 407,891.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN T. Woon,'a citizen of the United States,residing at Phillipsburg, in the county of Laclede and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Box- Beds; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to attachments for box beds and my object is toprovide a woven cover for a box bed, whereby the same may be employedfor transporting poultry, or the like, and my object is to provide meansfor disposing the woven material over the upper edge of the bed.

A further object is to provide means for removably securing the coveringto the bed and a still further object is to provide means for securingthe supporting devices to the covering.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a box bed, showing myimproved covering secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectionalview through the upper portion of the bed and covering, showing the sameon an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is an elevation on an enlarged scale of themeans for securing the covering to the bed, and, Fig. 4 is a sectionalview as seen on line 4-4, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the usualor any preferred form of box bed such as is used in connection withvehicles and 2 indicates the side boards therefor.

In order to provide means for retaining the animals or fowls Within thebed, I provide a covering 3, which is preferably constructed. of wire,or the like 4, and, in holding the wire rigidly across the upper edge ofthe bed 1, I provide cross bars 5, which are preferably provided ontheir lower surface with a channel 6, said cross bars being ofsuflicient length to extend beyond each edge of the bed. The wires 4 areheld in engagement with the cross bars 5 by means of plates 7, whichplates are secured to the cross bars 5 in any preferred manner, as bymeans of rivets 8 extending through the cross bars and plates, the wires4 being clamped between the cross bars and plates and one of thetransversely disposed wires extending in the channel 6, thereby firmlysecuring the wires to the cross bars and holding the bars againstlateral movement. Each end of the plates 7 are provided with angularextensions 9, which-are adapted to engage the inner faces of the boards2 and hold the plates and cross bars against longitudinal movement. Thecovering is removably secured over the upper edge of the bed 1, byintroducing bolts 10 through the projecting ends of the cross bars 5 andintroducing nuts 11 thereon, the lower ends of the bolts being providedwith eyes 12, which are adapted to engage stems 13 carried by latches14. The latches 14 are pivotally mounted on brackets 15, which bracketsare secured to the side boards 2, or, if preferred, the bolts 10 may beincreased in length, and the brackets secured to the side pieces of thebed proper. mounted upon the brackets 15 by introducing a pivot pin 16through the stem 13 and the bracket 15 and, by, placing the pin adjacent one edge of the stems 13, said stems will be eccentrically mountedand form a leverage on the bolts to tightly clamp the cross bars ontothe upper edge of the side boards and the parts are so arranged thatwhen the cross bars are clamped in position, the latches 14 will be in avertical position and depending from the stems and it will be readilyseen that when the latches are in such position, the eyes 12 will beprevented from leaving the stems.

In obtaining the proper tension on the cross bars 5, the eyes 12 areintroduced over the stems 13 and the latches 14 lowered, when the nuts 11 are turned onto the upper ends of the bolts until the proper tensionis obtained. In removing the covering from the bed, the latches 14 aregiven a half rotation by swing- The latches 14 are pivotallying the sameto an upward vertical position, when the eyes 12 may be readily removedfrom the stems, the eyes being of suflicient length to allow the latchesto pass therethrough, when said latches are'in their elevated positionand, by forming the covering of wire, the same may be rolled into acompact form and stored in one corner of the bed, leaving the bed incondition to receive various articles or products.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economicalform of covering for & -beol and one that is practically inde fl ble andit Will further be seen that the covering may be quickly placed upon orremoved from the bed and when so removed, it may be rolled into acompact form and require but a minimum amount of space in transportingthe same.

What I claim is:

In combination with a bed, a flexible covering therefor, bars extendingtransversely of the covering and projecting therebeyond to rest on thebed, plates acting inconjunction with the bars to clamp the covering tothe bars, said plates terminating in depending angular portions toengage the inner faces of 15 In testimony Whereof I have signed my ameto this specification in the presence of 23 two subscribing Witnesses.

JNO. T. WOOD.

Witnesses: v C. C. DRAPER, O. A. SPILLER.

